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- Mar 27 2020
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- Employment Law
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The EEOC issues Covid-19 guidance
For those bored at home and needing a little “light” reading, the EEOC has issued Covid-19 guidance for employees and has also updated its 2009 Pandemic in the Workplace Guidance (who knew there was such guidance?) These two pieces basically explain how the EEOC anticipates the Americans with Disabilities Act applying to Covid-19 situations in the workplace and answers some …
Jury awards Costco Employee $250,000 for Third-Party Sexual Harassment.
Companies cannot turn a blind eye to third-party sexual harassment.
A Chicago jury recently awarded a woman $250,000 in emotional distress damages after her employer failed to protect her from third-party sexual harassment. In this case the third-party was a customer.
In EEOC v. Costco, the EEOC filed suit on behalf of the Plaintiff after Costco failed to take steps to protect her …
- Oct 13 2016
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- Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Orange Juice
Dollar General Stores learn a hard lesson about the cost of failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On September 16, 2016, a federal jury awarded a teenage ex-employee of the chain, Dollar General Stores, more than $277,566.00 in back pay and compensatory damages for her former employer’s violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The teenager was a cashier who was an …
- Mar 7 2016
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- Blog, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination
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EEOC Sues for Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Argues Sexual Orientation Discrimination Prohibited by Title VII
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) took a big step forward in protecting employees from sexual orientation discrimination and harassment in the workplace. In U.S. EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C. and U.S. EEOC v. IFCO Systems North America, two cases filed last week in Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, the …
- Feb 22 2016
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Workplace Defamation, Libel, Slander and Invasion of Privacy
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EEOC Proposes Change to Increase Pay Transparency for Employers
On January 29, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced a major proposed regulation change that would increase pay transparency for employers with 100 or more employees and help fight pay inequities based on a person’s protected status.
The EEOC is the government agency responsible for enforcing the federal anti-discrimination laws, including the laws that prohibit discrimination based on …
- Aug 4 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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EEOC Investigates Charges of Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace
In the Absence of Federal Legislation for Sexual Orientation Discrimination, EEOC Steps Up
Many months ago, we heard something that surprised us – that the EEOC was interested in investigating charges of sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace. We weren’t disappointed by this news (in fact, quite the opposite), but we were somewhat confused because the agency is charged with enforcing …
Is Obesity a Disability?
EEOC Extends ADA Protections to Employee Based on Weight
We have all heard the taglines and statistics regarding the obesity epidemic in this country. Still, the plain reality is this: an increasing number of Americans are becoming overweight or obese. A recent survey reports that 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009 (of those, 36.6% …
- Apr 5 2010
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- Age Discrimination, Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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When Will Law Firms Learn?
The EEOC announced last month that it was filing suit against Kelley Drye & Warren, an international law firm with its primary office in New York City, for paying its 70 year old+ lawyers much less than their younger counterparts.
According to the EEOC’s suit, Kelley Drye attorneys who practiced law after turning 70 years of age received dramatically reduced compensation …
